Chapter 34: Variables.
The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year. After Lin Hai arrived at the Japanese consulate, he was called to Takekiya's office. He saw Takekiya open a safe, which was smaller than the one he had seen in "No. 76". He took out a big goldfish from it and handed it to Lin Hai, who was standing at the door.
Takekiya's lips twitched as he took a cigar in his mouth, and Lin Hai heard his voice streak through the air and then into his ears.
Lin Hai, do you love money.
Lin Hai touched the heavy big goldfish, and he looked at the bamboo and muya in front of him. Then, he laughed. Lin Hai took the big goldfish and put it on Takemuya's desk, and he said, Mr. Takeki, I love women.
At this time, his eyes glanced into the safe, and he saw that there was also an information bag inside. He propped his hands on the table and said to Zhu Muya that if Zhu Muya was willing to give him money, he would not refuse. Takekiya smiled, and it was obvious that he was satisfied with Lin Hai's reaction.
They heard three knocks on the door, and then Shiro Kawamura walked in the door, and he said to Takekiya that Arakawa Engen had asked Hayashi Hai to take a trip to "No. 76". He was asking if Takekiya agreed.
The smile on Takekiya's face was even worse, and he fixed his gaze on Lin Hai and asked him if he would like to meet their old friend.
Lin Hai said that of course he would.
In this way, when Lin Hai came to "No. 76" in Takekiya's car, Arakawa Engen was watching him from the window on the second floor. Lin Hai took a step, and he had a bad premonition. Sure enough, when he reached the corner of the second floor, a group of people suddenly rushed out and surrounded him. Lin Hai recognized those people as agents of "76".
He was knocked unconscious from behind, and the khaki scarf he had been wearing fell on the carpet in the lobby of Mansion 76 as he pulled it. It lay on the luxurious carpet, like a poor beggar who had strayed into a rich neighborhood.
When Lin Hai woke up, he found that his arms were tied to a wooden stake, which reminded him of when he had just returned to Shanghai. He looked around, the soldering iron in the stove was already red, and the tiger bench was well stocked with chili water. And standing in front of him was Tang Wenjie.
Tang Wenjie didn't speak, he just smoked Hardman cigarettes one after another, and the cigarette butts encircled an irregular pattern around the soles of his feet. Lin Hai looked at his appearance of swallowing clouds and spitting mist, and he didn't say anything for a long time, he had long expected this kind of scene, but he didn't expect it to be so fast, and he didn't expect that the person who interrogated him would be Tang Wenjie.
Finally, Tang Wenjie spoke. He said that if he didn't come, someone else would come.
Lin Hai laughed, and he asked him what to do with the geismus. After that, Lin Hai looked at Tang Wenjie as if he was choked by something, and then he replied in an indignant tone.
She'll be fine.
Lin Hai straightened his face at this time, and he asked why "No. 76" wanted to arrest him. Tang Wenjie said, you are a spy, and your goal is to clear the list. Then came a long silence. Arakawa Engen outside the door was not in a hurry, he watched the performance with great interest.
Until the appearance of Takekiya.
He's always been unfazed, even now. He said that Lin Hai had been rebelled by their extraordinarily high class, and they still didn't want to interfere in their internal affairs. The latter refused, saying that the Chinese were not worth trusting.
Takeki Ya just stretched out a hand and made a shushing motion, and he quieted down Arakawa Engen. Then, he pushed open the door of the interrogation room and motioned for Tang Wenzhuo to go.
He stood in front of Lin Hai as if they had met for the first time.
What do you like.
Woman.
What else?
Money.
I can give you all of these, as long as you do things for me.
Good.
It was a nonsensical conversation, and Takeki Ya smiled at Arakawa Engen and said that now he had a reason to take Lin Hai back. And Arakawa Yuanxuan looked at Takeki Ya with the eyes of a freak, and when Lin Hai was loosened and taken out of the interrogation room, Arakawa Yuanxuan suddenly said to Takeki Ya in a deep voice:
"We are all loyal to His Majesty the Emperor."
And the answer to him was the backs of Zhumuya and Lin Hai.
After they returned to the Japanese consulate, Takekiya told Lin Hai that the Yuki was Japanese, her real name was Jingshang Ryokiko, and that she had moved to China with her parents when she was four years old, and few people knew her true identity.
There was a bang in Lin Hai's head, and he couldn't even stand still. But he quickly calmed down and took the bottle of soda that Takekiya handed him. Zhumuya said that the Chinese have an old saying called borrowing wine to relieve sorrow, but alcohol will make people not sober, so he handed Lin Hai soda.
Lin Hai looked at the glass bottle of soda in his hand, he recognized this brand, Zheng Guanghe. This is a Shanghai card, which used to be all the rage.
He asks Takekiya why he did this, saves him, and then tells him about the Wandering Spirit. Zhu Muya smiled, and did not answer Lin Hai, but changed the conversation and mentioned Lu Man.
Now it's time for you to check out Miss Lu. Kawamura-kun, take Lin Hai to the interrogation room.
Lin Hai followed Shiro Kawamura on the road, he did feel a little dry mouth, so he unscrewed the cap of the bottle and drank as he walked. After entering the interrogation room, he threw the empty bottle in his hand on the ground.
In the interrogation room, he thought that he would see a beautiful woman, after all, Lu Man is a smash hit actress. But what caught Lin Hai's eyes was that Lu Man was covered in blood, and the bloody scabs were mixed with new injuries. She groaned quietly, her face full of hideousness. The pain had prevented her from uttering a complete sentence.
He saw a centipede-like scar on her face, spreading from her left ear to her right eye. Shiro Kawamura told him that Mr. Takeki had taken good care of the woman who was clenching her teeth.
When Lin Hai came out of the interrogation room, he was allowed to travel as he pleases today, and it was eleven o'clock in the morning.
He walked on the street, and in the crowd, Lin Hai felt for a moment that he would end up with the same fate as Lu Man. Although the people to whom they owe allegiance are different, they are all engaged in the same kind of work.
They are all trying to save a terminally ill China.
Purging the plan, Zhu Muya must have known Lin Hai's purpose, but he was still conniving at Lin Hai. All this is because of Lin Zhou, who is far away in Chongqing.
Zhumuya was waiting for the news of Lin Zhou's success, and she was also waiting for the two-month deadline.
Lin Hai sorted out his messy thoughts, called a rickshaw, and rushed to Tang Yin's house.
He saw a man with glasses at Tang Yin's house, his face full of sadness, and a half-foot-long brass hookah in his mouth. Tang Yin told him that this person was Zheng Huo, Lu Man's husband.
He felt that he and Zheng Huo were like two headless flies now, but Zheng Huo was better than him, because he could make it clear that his identity was that he was a CCP lurker, and Lin Hai was nothing.
He said that because the ghost is Japanese, if she transmits false information like a military commander at this time, then he is Zhu Bajie looking in the mirror, not a person inside and out.
Zheng Huo saw that Lin Hai was so honest, and he no longer hid it, only saying that there was still a liaison hidden in his house, and he lived as a cousin. Lin Hai laughed, and he said, Lu Man is in a very bad condition now.
There were three of them sitting in the living room of the bright hall, and it seemed that everyone had their own thoughts, but they were pulling each other, cutting constantly, and sorting out the mess. Zheng Huo began to speak at length, he talked about a lot of useless little things, and he talked about it so that his mouth was dry and his eyes were full of tears. Lin Hai listened to his words and thought of himself and Tang Yin.
He is very sympathetic to Zheng Huo, and he has a sense of substitution for Lu Man and Zheng Huo's past.
Zheng Huo hoped that Lin Hai could rescue Lu Man. Tang Yin said she supported the operation as long as it was safe to do so. Lin Hai didn't refuse, he didn't know how Tang Yin and Lu Man got acquainted, and he didn't know why they had such a good relationship.
He didn't care about that, after all, he didn't care about the affairs between women. But now the rescue plan is the turn of the man.
When Lin Hai returned to Sakuragi in the evening, he saw Yuki standing on the boardwalk in a light blue and pink kimono, like an ordinary Japanese woman waiting for her husband to come home.
She didn't raise his familiar smile, but stiffened her face and said in an indifferent tone, Lin Hai, Mr. Zhumu asked me to chat with you.
Lin Hai laughed and said we had nothing to talk about.
The geist didn't deny all this, but she didn't leave, just stood there. After Lin Hai rubbed shoulders with her, she followed him with steps. She said, you'll have a lot to know from me.
You won't let me know.
I will.
Why?
Because Mr. Takeki asked me to tell the truth.
Lin Hai invited her into the room, and he sat on the bed, his legs crossed. Lin Hai's figure was shrouded in the circle of light of the table lamp, and he felt like a fish roasted by fire in the corner restaurant "Barilla", and the spirit was the ingredient.